Cold War holidays American tourism in France - Endy, Christopher; ebrary, Inc. (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2004)
Consumerism, the Cold War, and globalization -- Rationed pleasure : leisure before and after the war -- Fellow travelers : the rise of tourism in U.S. foreign policy -- Radiance or colonization? : French divisions over American tourism -- Making France safe for middle-class Americans -- French hotel industry -- Pleasure with a purpose : the struggle to create an Atlantic community -- The ugly American : the travel boom and the debate over mass culture -- The rude French : modernity and hospitality in De Gaulle's France -- The dollar challenge : the persistence of consumerism in the 1960s.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-275) and index.
Electronic reproduction.
Keywords: Tourism -- France -- History -- 20th century; Americans -- Travel -- France -- History -- 20th century; Electronic books